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A beautiful and surprising exploration of a phenomenon that is at once familiar and baffling: the mystery of why birds sing.

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The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. Combining scientific research with an understanding of musical beauty, this book offers a different look at this natural phenomena. It explores the question: can the explanations of territoriality account for so many species' devotion to singing

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Through essays, poetry, stories, and images, writers and artists offer their perceptions of how we fit into the world and where we might be headed.

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Presenting the natural philosopher in his own words, discussing a life imbued with ecology, this reveals in the most human terms how respect for and contact with the natural world can provide the foundation for a total view of the vast problems of humanity and our place in the world.

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A collection of essays that bring a fresh perspective to the wilderness paradoxically at the centre of civilization.